This is the result from my first test of exposing the digital silver gelatin paper in the studio, it was a complete failure!
We exposed the paper over ten times, shuffling along a piece of card in front to shield the paper to create a test strip. The hope was that we would end up with a gradient of sorts. However this didn’t happen and all we really ended up with was black. On the surface of the paper I scattered a number of objects with different physical properties, including string and eggs from the original Bauhaus exercise. The only object that left any kind of mark were the coins. What was really strange is that instead of leaving a white space created by the shadow of the object as expected, there was instead an image of the underside of the coin. It took some time to work it out, but what had happedned was that the exposure was so over-exposed that it had not only made the whole paper black, but it has also bounced underneath the coins resting on the paper creating an image of the bottom of the coin. Really not what I expected! Next time I will use less powerful lights and try again.
